Capicture You

Chapter 8

There is chaos in the hotel lobby. Vegas's voice is out loud. He wants to leave but the hotel staff has already been warned to not let him leave at any cost. But all Vegas could think of this moment is the gun shot and Pete's silence.

The silence of that phone call is still loud in his ears. Even a second of pause makes him picture bleeding image of Pete. He is struggling against people who are force stoping him but at the first chance he got , he took out the paper cutter from the desk and bleed cut the receptionist. Vegas doesn't care about anyone else at this moment. He just wants to go and find Pete even if he knows nothing about his whereabouts. His eyes are red with rage and crying. His throat is sore by all the shouting. The security guard marches towards him , grabs his neck, hold him down and knees him on the ribs. Though there have been clear instructions of just handling him by arguments but the paper cutter attack has left them with no option. It's not that Vegas cannot retaliate, but something has made him loose his strength. The fact that Pete is lying down somewhere, shot , blood dripping out of his body every second has made Vegas weak mentally. He doesn't even realise when he started to cry loudly, sobs are being heard and with every kick they are getting louder. The guard now seems to be taking it at a personal level that he even doesn't leave Vegas when he is not fighting anymore but just crying helplessly.

"Please, let me go . Please let me find him please. Please, i will come back. Hit me all you want then. But please let me go. He needs me. I beg you please." Vegas was sounding tired from all the crying and begging. A slap landed on his face. But he was totally shocked with what happened next. The guard beating him fell next to him. Both his hands were shot with a silencer gun, his palm had bullet holes. He was bleeding and whimpering in pain. And there was a man on top of him punching him endlessly.

"How dare did you even think of raising your filthy hands on him"

The rest of the staff was standing in shock and fear. After a minute or so Vegas came into his senses. And his eyes went from the one being punched to the one who was punching. And he had a flashback of the event that happened a second ago. The one where Pete very casually shot the guard like it was a child's play to him. And he could not believe it, but right now he has to stop him otherwise there are no chances that the guard will be left alive.

"Pete, leave him. Pete i said leave him."
Vegas shouts and Pete stops. It's like his daze has been broken. He looks at Vegas who is holding his ribs and his left cheek is red. The finger marks from the slap are still visible. He gets up and takes Vegas with him. The hotel staff was now to be handled by Pete's latest client in Japan who also happens to be the owner of the hotel.

From the reception to the room, both were silent. Vegas was just walking along Pete or more like being dragged by him. By then he took a keen observation and saw that Pete was not injured. His hands had blood spots, so did his face and neck. His black clothes looked wet in between but he definitely was walking comfortably without any sign of discomfort or pain. This relaxed Vegas but also confused him. And more than that , what Pete did to the guard makes him feel like he is meeting with a total stranger. Yes he has seen Pete beating people when he was angry but shooting someone without a single remorse on his face, and punching him dead is not what Vegas ever thought he would see Pete doing. He was busy in all this thought when his stupor got broken by Pete's voice and he realised they are already in room, he is sitting on bed and Pete is standing infront of him with a medical kit.

"Take of your shirt off"
Vegas followed. Pete checked his ribs by pressing them a little and Vegas hissed. He could see a worry, a fear in Pete's eyes. The more he hissed the more Pete's eyes started becoming teary. But he is holding them back. He sprays analgesic on the injury. And and brings an ice pack from the fridge and tells Vegas to put it on his cheeks. He made him take a painkiller and after doing all this he went inside the washroom and locked himself.